Requiem for political leaders not yet assassinated

The assassination of political leaders, whether government officials or leaders of social movements, has been used since ancient times to achieve specific political objectives, whether to eliminate the political ideas they symbolize, weaken the...

Government seeks self-sufficiency in pulses, aims to increase cultivation area to 31 million hectares by 2030-31: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the government aims to raise the area under pulse cultivation from 27.5 million hectares to 31 million hectares by 2030–31. Chouhan noted that the government’s main priorities are...

Mozambique’s Border Bets

Good morning. Mozambique has a plan to concession two of its land border crossings to private operators, under public-private partnerships (PPPs) that it hopes will speed up trade flows, increase revenue, improve security, reduce dependence on...

Time to end the muddle of provincial government

Good afternoon. Who runs Mozambique’s provinces, governors or secretaries of state? Since elected provincial governors were introduced in 2019, both of them have in theory had supreme executive power over provincial government, an unnecessary...

Aman to open hideouts in Singapore and Mozambique

Aman has announced a Singapore hotel, exclusive club and residences in the city's tallest new skyscraper alongside its first African safari retreat in Mozambique's Karingani Game Reserve. Olivia Palamountain reports Plans have been revealed for...

China's Xi hosts foreign leaders, government heads in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hosted several foreign leaders and heads of government in Beijing, according to state-run media. Xi met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and said Beijing is ready to work with Colombo to...

South Africa: Capitec drives smarter, fee-free international travel boom

With zero international transaction fees, Capitec is transforming the way South Africans travel. Between March and August 2025, clients made 1.9 million international card payments worth R1bn — a 24% year-on-year increase. Source: Reuters. These...

CAFCL: Rivers United off to Maputo for Black Bulls clash

Rivers United will depart for Mozambique on Wednesday for the first leg of their CAF Champions League second round clash against Black Bulls. The players and officials will leave for Maputo via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos....

SADC water crisis: Food security threatened by scarcity, leaks

The meal served to delegates at the 11th SADC Multi-Stakeholder Water Dialogue was simple, yet symbolic: maize, grilled beef, and fresh vegetables. Every item on the plate represented a battleground in Southern Africa’s escalating war over its...

Economical ambitions

Zitamar Mozambique Live Blog Unknown armed men at 6:20 a.m. today kidnapped businessman Francisco Cera outside his business premises on Zedequias Manganhela Avenue in downtown Maputo after blocking his car and firing shots into the air, according...

Mozambique plans to reduce the public accounts deficit to 1,525 million

According to the draft law approving the Economic and Social Plan and State Budget (PESOE) 2026, which was approved today by the Council of Ministers and will be submitted to the Assembly of the Republic, the budget deficit will be lower than...

Finding culture and community through dance at the 2025 Lyon Dance Biennale

There’s an intensity to festivals, a spillover effect where one event leads to another as if the whole town were participating in one long, articulated show. It’s not just the proximity of multiple works in space and time. It’s the conversations,...

Japan’s imported baby boom spotlights a political and demographic timebomb

This week brought encouraging news for Japan’s long battle to defuse its demographic timebomb: in 2024, the number of babies born to one sector of the population rose to a record of more than 22,000 – that’s about 3,000 more than the previous year...

Xi Jinping Calls for Greater Role of Women in Politics at Global Summit in Beijing

By Blessing Nweke Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged nations to expand opportunities for women in politics and government, emphasizing that gender equality must be “truly internalized” across all levels of society. His remarks were made...

EOCO Exposes Hidden Crime Syndicates Destroying Ghana’s Economy – Archer Promises Action Now

The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Mr Raymond Archer, has made it clear that fighting economic and organised crime requires strong cooperation between law enforcement agencies both within Ghana and across...

Mozambique and Malawi: A new era of pragmatic partnership

Good evening. President Daniel Chapo’s weekend trip to Blantyre for the inauguration of Malawi’s new leader, Peter Mutharika, was more than a gesture of regional solidarity. It was an investment — political and economic — in a relationship that...

Indian, Turkish researchers explore digital tools to boost farm productivity

New Delhi Researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Rourkela and the Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Turkey have studied insights on how digital tools and renewable energy can transform agricultural productivity and...

Chinese-aided agricultural poverty reduction project launched in Mozambique

MAPUTO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-aided Africa Bridge project has been launched in KaMavota District in Maputo, Mozambique's capital, aiming to support the southern African country's agricultural poverty alleviation and sustainable...

Newly Ordained Priests in Mozambique and Angola Urged to “build intimacy with Christ”

Bishop Muandula warned that a Priest who fails to remain close to Christ risks losing the source of his vocation. “A Priest can be beside Jesus like Judas Iscariot, yet not have his heart united with Him. The true Priest is the one who says ‘yes’...

How Africa gains from transparency

A trio of elections in Africa this month were not expected to be overly open or fair. Longtime leaders and ruling parties retained power after voting in Cameroon and Ivory Coast. And it’s likely to be the same when Tanzanians go to the polls Oct....